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cruelty
English
Alternative forms
- cruellty (obsolete)
- cruelltie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English cruelte, from Old French crualté (French cruauté), from Latin crudelitas. Surface analysis: cruel +? -ty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?u?(?)lti/
Noun
cruelty (countable and uncountable, plural cruelties)
- (uncountable) An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.
- Synonyms: mercilessness, barbarism, ruthlessness
- Antonym: mercy
- (countable) A cruel act.
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awfulness
English
Etymology
From Middle English aghfulnesse, equivalent to awful +? -ness.
Noun
awfulness (usually uncountable, plural awfulnesses)
- The state or quality of being awful.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Characters," [1]
- Out came old Teenie, buzzing mad as a whole nest of wasps. Muttered awfulnesses came from her great padded bonnet.
- 1961, Peter De Vries, The Blood of the Lamb, Penguin, 1982, Chapter 3, p. 36,
- "Why is the awfulness of families such a popular reason for starting another?"
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Characters," [1]
- The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
- Synonyms: dreadfulness, solemnity
- 1823, Thomas de Quincey, "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth" in On Murder, edited by Robert Morrison, Oxford World's Classics, 2006, p. 3,
- […] the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I could never account: the effect was—that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar awfulness and a depth of solemnity […]
- the awfulness of this sacred place
- The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
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